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basketful

/bas-kit-fool, bah-skit-/US // ˈbæs kɪtˌfʊl, ˈbɑ skɪt- //

一篮子,满满一篮子,一篮子的,一篮子食物

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural bas·ket·fuls.

    • : a sufficient quantity to fill a basket; the amount contained in a basket.
    • : any considerable quantity: a basketful of surprises.

Examples

  • I took her a basketful of fresh eggs, and she promised me some waffles and scrambled eggs.

  • He's just a basketful of festering, pestilent corruption, provided for the support and entertainment of microbes.

  • The two latter had gone down among the trees near the beach to get the last basketful of moss to complete the work of adornment.

  • Shame upon our ancestors—we'll gather them ourselves, and frank a whole basketful to Europe.

  • You'll take me, daddy, won't yer—'cos I've picked a lot of samphire—all that, and another basketful up there?